Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 CommerceEconomicsAGRICULTURE SECTOR3 Marks
Question
Discuss about Agricultural Research.
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Answer
In the field of agriculture, research has played a vital role in agriculture by adopting Modernization.
It has inclined the farmers towards modern farming and use modern tools in place of traditional tools.
It also helps farmers to know about the demand of which type of crop is there and to crop that crop.
It is important to do research and give this information to farmers to increase the productivity of land.
Hybrid seeds play a vital role.
It is important to keep on doing research on seeds for better results.
Along with this the research on pesticides to save crops is also important.
It is equally important to keep on researching for new tools for farming.
In India farmers are uneducated and economically weak so cannot carry out research work on their own, this responsibility has been given to $NABARD.$
This carries out research work and share the results and outcomes with farmers educating them for the same.
To increase the participation of farmers during planning and to make research work effective various yojnas like Collective rural growth yojna, Panchayati raj, Integrated rural growth yojna, Iandhan Yojna etc.
In India $ICAR\ ($Indian Council of Agricultural Research$)$ is only institute which manages agricultural researches.
It provides arrangement for growth centers, Agricultural Universities and various institutes.
It is also spreading awareness of Horticulture, Fisheries and Cattle rearing science.
$ICAR$ has done pioneer work for the expansion of green revolution.
It has made appropriate efforts to have national food availability and nutrition.
It has also done good work in technological reforms.
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